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Sexual Mutilations

A Human Tragedy

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Editors:
  1. George C. Denniston

    1. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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  2. Marilyn Fayre Milos

    1. Information Resource Centers, National Organization of Circumcision, San Anselmo, USA

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Geography of Male and Female Genital Mutilations

    • James DeMeo
    Pages 1-15

  3. A Short History of the Institutionalization of Involuntary Sexual Mutilation in the United States

    • Frederick Hodges
    Pages 17-40

  4. Jehovah, His Cousin Allah, and Sexual Mutilations

    • Sami A. Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh
    Pages 41-62

  5. The Skoptzy

    • Didier Diers, Xavier Valla
    Pages 63-66

  6. Functional and Erotic Consequences of Sexual Mutilations

    • Gérard Zwang
    Pages 67-76

  7. The Human Prepuce

    • Mervyn M. Lander
    Pages 77-83

  8. NORM UK and the Medical Case Against Circumcision

    • John P. Warren
    Pages 85-101

  9. Circumcision: An Iatrogenic Epidemic

    • George C. Denniston
    Pages 103-109

  10. Why Does Neonatal Circumcision Persist in the United States?

    • Robert S. Van Howe
    Pages 111-119

  11. Learned Helplessness

    • Michel Odent
    Pages 121-124

  12. Long-Term Consequences of Neonatal Circumcision

    • Tim Hammond
    Pages 125-129

  13. Similarities in Attitudes and Misconceptions about Male and Female Sexual Mutilations

    • Hanny Lightfoot-Klein
    Pages 131-135

  14. Female Genital Mutilation

    • Berhane Ras-Work
    Pages 137-152

  15. Epidemiological Surveys on Female Genital Mutilation in Italy

    • Pia Grassivaro Gallo, Franco Viviani, M. Livio, R. Corsaro, F. De Cordova, G. Fortunato et al.
    Pages 153-157

  16. Female Genital Mutilation in German

    • Christa Müller
    Pages 159-162

  17. Redefining the Sacred

    • Miriam Pollack
    Pages 163-173

  18. Challenging Circumcision

    • Jenny Goodman
    Pages 175-178

  19. The Wound Reveals the Cure

    • Jeannine Parvati Baker
    Pages 179-183

  20. Nurses for the Rights of the Child

    • Mary Conant, Betty Katz Sperlich
    Pages 185-188
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Sexual mutilation is a global problem that affects 15. 3 million children and young adults annually. In terms of gender, 13. 3 million boys and 2 million girls are involuntarily subjected to sexual mutilation every year. While it is tempting to quantify and compare the amount of tissue removed from either gender, no ethical justification can be made for removing any amount of flesh from the body of another person. The violation of human rights implicit in sexual mutilation is identical for any gender. The violation occurs with the first cut into another person 's body. Although mutilation is a strong term, it precisely and accurately describes a condi­ tion denoting "any disfigurement or injury by removal or destruction of any conspicuous or essential part of the body. " While such terms as "circumcision" and "genital cutting" are less threatening to our sensitivities, they ultimately do a disservice by masking the fact of what is actually being done to babies and children. Although the courageous example of the survivors of sexual mutilation indicates that humans can certainly live and even re­ produce without all of their external sexualorgans, this biological phenomenon does not, however, justify subjecting a person to sexual mutilation. The remarkable resilience of the human body is a testament to the importance nature places on reproduction rather than a vindication for surgical practices that compromise this function.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    George C. Denniston

  • Information Resource Centers, National Organization of Circumcision, San Anselmo, USA

    Marilyn Fayre Milos

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sexual Mutilations

  • Book Subtitle: A Human Tragedy

  • Editors: George C. Denniston, Marilyn Fayre Milos

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2679-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45589-6Published: 30 April 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3275-4Published: 29 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-2679-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 237

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sexual Behavior, Pediatrics, Gynecology

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